7714 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 28 / Monday, February 11, 2008 / Notices 

Zone. The SWFSC in La Jolla, 

California, manages and conducts 

research involving Pacific fisheries and 

marine mammal research for the 

protection and management of these 

resources throughout the Western 

Pacific and the Antarctic. The existing 

SWFSC facility, built in 1964, is 

currently adjacent to a coastal bluff that 

is undergoing severe erosion and retreat. 

NOAA proposes to construct a new 

SWFSC building to replace its existing 

NMFS administrative and marine 

research facilities currently located in 

La Jolla, California. A minimum of two 

existing at risk SWFSC structures would 

be removed and the property currently 

used by NOAA would be returned to the 

UCSD for other appropriate uses. 

NOAA is the lead Federal agency for 

implementation of the NEPA. The 

University of California is the lead 

agency under the CEQA. The existing 

and preferred sites for the SWFSC 

headquarters are at the UCSD campus. 

The NMFS, SIO and other marine 

research organizations conduct 

independent and joint research at the 

SWFSC and its salt water laboratory 

facilities. 

The proposed project will require 

construction of a new facility to support 

SWFSC administrative and marine 

research operations. The preferred site 

will enable NMFS, SIO, and others to 

continue collaboration within a wide 

range of programmatic marine research 

disciplines. NOAA, in cooperation with 

UCSD, has decided to prepare a joint 

EIS/EIR to analyze the environmental 

impacts of relocating the SWFSC 

facilities at UCSD. 

Other alternative actions considered 

are: 

Use of other NOAA facility locations 

in California and other Pacific Coast 

states; 

Use of alternative sites at or adjacent 

to SIO for collaborative research; and 

Use of existing alternative NOAA 

facilities and properties away from 

UCSD. 

This joint EIS/EIR will analyze 

environmental impacts that may result 

from construction and/or operation of 

the proposed facilities. These potential 

environmental issues to be addressed 

include: land use and coastal zone 

management; aesthetics; geology; 

hydrology and water resources; 

biological resources and protected 

species; utilities and public services; 

transportation and traffic circulation, 

recreational resources; air quality; noise 

and vibration; visual effects and 

aesthetics; cultural resources; and 

socioeconomics and land use; and 

cumulative effects. 

The most salient and foreseeable 

environmental topics of greatest interest 

are expected to be aesthetics, 

transportation and traffic, hydrology, 

and short term noise effects. 

Interested parties who wish to submit 

suggestions or comments regarding the 

scope or content on the proposed EIS/ 

EIR are invited to attend the public 

scoping meeting. 

Dated: February 6, 2008. 

William F. Broglie, 

Chief Administrative Officer, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

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Administration 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 

Program: Approval Decision on 

Florida’s and South Carolina’s Coastal 

Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Approve the 

Florida and South Carolina Coastal 

Nonpoint Programs. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

intent to fully approve the Florida and 

South Carolina Coastal Nonpoint 

Pollution Control Programs (coastal 

nonpoint program) and of the 

availability of the draft decision 

documents fully approving the Florida 

and South Carolina coastal nonpoint 

programs. Section 6217 of the Coastal 

Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments 

(CZARA), 16 U.S.C. section 1455b, 

requires States and Territories with 

coastal zone management programs that 

have received approval under section 

306 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act, 16 U.S.C. section 1455, to develop 

and implement coastal nonpoint 

programs. Coastal States and Territories 

were required to submit their coastal 

nonpoint programs to the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

for approval in July 1995. NOAA and 

EPA conditionally approved the Florida 

and South Carolina coastal nonpoint 

programs on November 18, 1997 and 

February 23, 1998, respectively. NOAA 

and EPA have drafted approval 

decisions describing how Florida and 

South Carolina have satisfied the 

conditions placed on their programs and 

therefore have a fully approved coastal 

nonpoint program. 

NOAA and EPA are making the draft 

decisions for the Florida and South 

Carolina coastal nonpoint programs 

available for a 30-day public comment 

period. If comments are received, 

NOAA and EPA will consider whether 

such comments are significant enough 

to affect the decision to fully approve 

the programs. 

Copies of the draft Approval 

Decisions can be found on the NOAA 

Web site at http:// 

coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/ 

6217/findings.html or may be obtained 

upon request from: Allison Castellan, 

Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910, phone (301) 713–3155, x125, email Allison.Castellan@noaa.gov. 

DATES: Individuals or organizations 

wishing to submit comments on the 

draft Approval Decisions should do so 

by March 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made 

to: John King, Chief, Coastal Programs 

Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and 

Coastal Resource Management, NOS, 

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, phone (301) 

713–3155, x188, e-mail 

John.King@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Castellan, Coastal Programs 

Division, (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean 

and Coastal Resource Management, 

NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, phone 

(301) 713–3155, x125, e-mail 

Allison.Castellan@noaa.gov. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration) 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

John H. Dunnigan, 

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Benjamin H. Grumbles, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

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